The New York Mets won’t make a decision before baseball’s winter meetings on whether to extend 2012 Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey or trade him, the New York Daily News reported, citing an unidentified person it described as a team “insider.”

That timing—the meetings are Dec. 3-9 in Nashville—is consistent with what general manager Sandy Alderson has said since the end of the season, but it comes in the wake of a FOXSports.com report that the team planned to offer a two-year extension to Dickey, who is coming off a 20-win season.

R.A. Dickey won the 2012 NL Cy Young. (AP Photo)

“It’s still very early,” Alderson told FOXSports.com over the weekend. “But between Thanksgiving and the winter meetings and (during) the winter meetings themselves we need to have a little more clarity than we have now.”

Also, as part of the Daily News’ report, the newspaper quoted an unidentified high-ranking major league executive who after speaking recently with the Mets officials came away thinking that the team “would want a monster package for Dickey, and if they don’t get it, probably would not trade him.”

The executive loosely defined a monster package as a few high-end prospects or major leaguers, likely outfielders or catching help, after having discussed the market for Dickey with other GMs who have asked the Mets about him.

However, two rival executives who spoke with the Daily News were skeptical that a 38-year-old knuckleballer, even the Cy Young winner, would net that kind of return.

The Mets aren’t feeling pressured, however, because it has become increasingly clear that Dickey could be re-signed at a reasonable price.

He is owed $5 million for 2013 under his current deal, and the Mets have been working for more than two weeks toward an extension.

The Daily News has reported that the club believes its ace is willing to sign a deal comparable to, and likely somewhat less than, the two-year, $29 million deal recently struck between righthander Jake Peavy and the Chicago White Sox.

FOXSports.com’s report said Dickey hasn’t told the team his intentions, but the website’s unidentified sources say he would want at least $20 million for two years.

Dickey went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 230 strikeouts for the Mets, who finished in fourth place in NL East.